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Scientific Name | Lindernia conferta (Hiern) Philcox |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Ilysanthes conferta Hiern, Ilysanthes plantaginella S.Moore |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/06/27 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | This is a rare species with a wide distribution range which has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 110 125 km². It is currently not in danger of extinction and is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | This species is found in the Drakensberg mountain range, from KwaZulu-Natal to Mpumalanga, and North West near Ventersdorp. It also occurs in Zaire, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | It grows in ephemeral, rain-filled pools on granite outcrops. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lindernia conferta (Hiern) Philcox | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Philcox, D. 1990. Scrophulariaceae. In: E. Launert and G.V. Pope (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 8 (Part 2):1-179. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2017. Lindernia conferta (Hiern) Philcox. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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